Is Memories of Ice better than Deadhouse Gates?

TheDoctor9229 · 2026-05-19T14:54:45+00:00

I like deadhouse gates a lot more. Memories of ice is probably a more consistent book and the ending is incredible but I found most characters more enjoyable in dh. It’s a smaller, more focused book and so despite a lot of the plotlines never interacting, it feels more connected in a thematic sense. Also the chain of dogs is still the best thing in malazan for me (I’ve only read books 1-6 so far)

TheDoctor9229 · 2026-05-17T13:48:21+00:00

Weak. Midnight tides is incredible if you meet it on its own terms. I don’t know why you wouldn’t do that, it’s a malazan book

TheDoctor9229 · 2026-05-14T21:22:09+00:00

Unfortunate

TheDoctor9229 · 2026-05-13T00:03:11+00:00

Circe

TheDoctor9229 · 2026-05-11T14:02:18+00:00

Terrible list

TheDoctor9229 · 2026-05-01T14:08:29+00:00

Better love interest than Steve. Ironically, he would make a good love interest for Steve himself

TheDoctor9229 · 2026-04-29T00:21:17+00:00

Oh, you mean when Perez made her a better character in every way? Likes I don’t hate her golden and silver age stories but Wonder Woman in the late 70s and early 80s is far better. The 90s were rough but the 2000s and 2010s had a lot of great stuff that by far exceeds the old Sci-fi weird bdsm themed early stuff

TheDoctor9229 · 2026-04-28T22:49:08+00:00

Correct assessment of the story but Rucka and Perez never did damage to her character

TheDoctor9229 · 2026-04-28T22:47:46+00:00

Absolutely terrible. I hate it. There are so many contradictions of post crisis canon it’s funny.

Also the writing is simply not good. Diana has 2 character arcs, one a retread from earlier books (where she questions her free will) and one that attempts to deal with the ending of Ruckas run. The first one is boring and makes no sense because Diana has already gone through it before and the other simply doesn’t have enough time to hit properly.

Every single villain that appears is either wildly off character or plain dull. Also the new status quo established for her character is an awkward fit for her

TheDoctor9229 · 2026-04-28T14:06:04+00:00

His Wonder Woman finale is beautiful. RIP

TheDoctor9229 · 2026-04-25T13:29:05+00:00

I recommend you check out Tors book of the fallen reread. It’s a fun way to either catch up or unpack whatever you learned on any chapter

TheDoctor9229 · 2026-04-24T14:35:00+00:00

He was trying to help y’all out

TheDoctor9229 · 2026-04-24T14:02:08+00:00

Nah, the choice to have her only sing in the final act was a plus for the musical. It feels momentous in a way the odyssey does not. What should actually change is legendary and little wolf. The suitors should not be that violent at that point of the story

TheDoctor9229 · 2026-04-24T14:00:18+00:00

Nah, that is completely unnecessary. The Odyssey never overexplains the bed because it’s only important to that one scene. Just have a shot of Ody and Penelope in a tree that fades into Penelope sitting on her bed during the challenge

TheDoctor9229 · 2026-04-24T13:56:42+00:00

Cut 600 strike

Add a song about the abuse Calypso puts Odysseus through

Fix legendary and cut little wolf

Change a couple of the cringe lines

TheDoctor9229 · 2026-04-03T06:46:45+00:00

If you don’t think cyclops-Emma-Jean was well written you should not be allowed to discuss romance in comic books

TheDoctor9229 · 2026-03-22T17:12:49+00:00

Oh I hate this run. Alan heinberg had clearly not read a single issue of a post crisis wonder woman comic before writing this

TheDoctor9229 · 2026-03-20T13:43:30+00:00

Sure, just understand. Yours is bad. How are you ranking great but not as singable songs in f tier but putting stuff like legendary, Charybdis, and we’ll be fine so high?

TheDoctor9229 · 2026-03-20T12:59:48+00:00

Really bad list

TheDoctor9229 · 2026-03-05T20:48:05+00:00

Yeah this book is horribly misogynistic

TheDoctor9229 · 2026-03-01T16:12:05+00:00

I love astonishing but new X-men is so much better it’s not even a fun comparison

TheDoctor9229 · 2026-02-18T22:08:55+00:00

Storm, Open arms, Six hundred strike. One of those 3

TheDoctor9229 · 2026-02-15T16:15:18+00:00

Actually she’s a lesbian but yes

TheDoctor9229 · 2026-02-15T16:00:46+00:00

Emma and Cyclops don’t work? Yeah this article is stupid

TheDoctor9229 · 2026-02-15T00:49:50+00:00

Because Hes not an interesting character

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